I would also like to start by thanking Frank for allowing me to contribute to FrankysWeb with my own articles. As I work a lot with Hyper-V servers, I would like to share my knowledge here and write some articles about it. I would like to start with instructions on how to increase or expand virtual hard disks in Hyper-V servers.
New version of the Exchange Certificate Wizard for Let's Encrypt
On February 6, 2017, I published the first version of the certificate wizard for Exchange 2016 and Let's Encrypt. The certificate wizard simplifies the process of requesting, renewing and installing an SSL certificate for Exchange 2016. Now, thanks to Bjoern, there is a new version. Bjoern has taken the trouble to make some changes so that the certificate wizard also works with Exchange 2010 and ... Read more
Brief introduction to IPv6
Many thanks to Frank for the opportunity to contribute to the expansion of frankysweb.de with a blog post. This article is intended to give an overview of IPv6 in relation to Windows operating systems. It will be exciting and everyone can participate on their computer. Quo vadis IPv6? Everyone is talking about it. Most people have activated IPv6 (to which ... Read more
Creation / maintenance of AD users from an SQL database
We have recently introduced a new ERP in our company, which also includes the complete personnel administration. The software uses MS-SQL Server as a database. As our IT process is very complex for a new user and little things are often forgotten, I have tried to automate the creation as much as possible. ... Read more
Exchange 2016: Activate existing contacts or distribution lists (Activate email)
If you want to use existing Active Directory groups or contacts with Exchange 2016, you must activate them for use via email. It is not possible to activate existing Active Directory groups and contacts via the Exchange Admin Center. However, it is easy and straightforward via the Exchange Management Shell. Here is a short HowTo: In this case there is ... Read more
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I started this site 7 years ago and have now published over 700 articles/posts here. "Back then" I imagined this site to look something like this: Since I stumble across interesting problems from time to time, I decided to create this blog. So this site should mainly offer practical content, I put ... Read more
Sophos UTM: New update (9.503-3)
Sophos has today released an update with the version number 9.503-3 for Sophos UTM. The update is intended to fix a total of 33 problems. Unfortunately, Sophos has not been so lucky with updates for the UTM in the past, so the last update fixed some problems, but also caused new ones. Unfortunately, this makes extensive testing ... Read more
Exchange 2016: Exporting mailboxes
The Exchange Management Shell makes it easy to export mailboxes to a PST file. This short article shows how it works. In order for mailboxes to be exported (and also imported), the user performing the export must first be assigned an RBAC role; for the Administrator user, this is done with the following command: New-ManagementRoleAssignment -Role "Mailbox Import ... Read more
Exchange 2016: Password change via OWA does not work
When trying to change the Active Directory password of a user via Outlook Web Access (OWA), the following error message may appear on an Exchange 2016 server: You are not authorized to change your password The following error message may also appear in this context when changing the password: The password you entered does not meet the minimum security requirements For this ... Read more
Exchange 2016: Small malware filter test
Exchange 2016 already has a built-in "malware filter". I took the liberty of carrying out a small test. I simply redirected the first 6 emails from a quarantine in which a virus / Trojan had previously been found: Sophos UTM E-Mail Protection dutifully rejected all the virus mails. Was also ... Read more
